ayasthūṇa

áyasthūṇa (von ayas + sthūṇā)

1) adj. f. °ṇī́ gaṇa gaurādi, mit ehernen Pfeilern versehen, von Erz oder Eisen gebaut: gartám ṚV. 5, 62, 8.

— 2) m. N. pr.: ayasthūṇagṛhapatīnāṃ ha vai śalbāyano 'dhvaryurāsa ŚAT. BR. 11, 4, 2, 17. ayasthūṇākhyaḥ kaścidṛṣiḥ sa gṛhapatiryeṣāṃ te tathoktāḥ Sch. gaṇa śivādi, ayaḥsthūṇās pl. zu āya° gaṇa yaskādi .

ayasthūṇa

2) Z. 1 lies śaulbāyano .

ayasthūṇa pu0 ayonirmmitaḥ sthūṇaḥ vā visargalopaḥ . loha-
maye 1 gṛhasthūṇe 6 ba0 . tathāvidhagṛhasthūṇayukte 2 gṛhasthe .
“ayasthūṇagṛhapatīnāṃ vai” śatavrā0 ayasthūṇā gṛhapataya-
stepāmiti teṣām hīnadravyakatvādākṣepaḥ bhā0 . 7 ta0
3 ayomayākṣe rathādau tri0 . “vyuṣṭāvayasthūṇamuditā
sūryyasya” ṛ0 5, 62, 8, ayasthūṇamayomayaśaṅkuṃ garttaṃ
rathaṃ veti bhā0 . 4ṛṣibhede pu0 tasya gotram aṇ
āyasthūṇaḥ tasya bahuṣu luk . ayasthūṇāḥ . gau0
pāṭāt ṅīṣ ayasthūṇī .

Aya-sthūṇa. — He was Gṛhapati (‘householder,’ the sacrificer

at sacrificial sessions) of those whose Adhvaryu was Śaulvā-

yana, and taught the latter the proper mode of using certain

spoons.¹ [Footnote] 1) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 4, 2, 17 et seq.